Pomona police chief to speak to residents' group

Pomona Police Chief Dave Keetle will be the guest speaker at Thursday evening's meeting of the Willie White Park Focus Group and Neighborhood Watch.

Keetle, along with Community Services Officer Brenda Sutherland, will be the meeting that begins at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Willie White Park Community Center, 3065 Battram St.

The Willie White Park Focus Group is an organization of neighbors living around Willie White Park who came together in the early 1990s to address problems related to crime and to improve the neighborhood. The group meets monthly and has guests speakers representing the city, the Pomona Unified School District and state government in addition to local service groups.